Mohammad Rezâ Darvishi (Composer and Scholar)

Born in 1955, Shirâz; started learning music while 13; obtained entry into the Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University 1974; Graduated 1978.

International Awards & Nominations:

·        The Encyclopaedia of the Iranina Musical Instruments, vol.1 received SEM’s (Society for Ethnomusicology) award for the best publication of the year on musical instruments, granted by Bruno Nettl, October 2002.

·        The music for M. Makhmalbâf’s Safareh Qandehâr was nominated the best foreign film music, among the others, by Bonn biennial festival of film music, Germany 2000.

·        Nomination for achievement of UNESCO’s award for the greatest musician worldwide, 2005.

Note

For the above – mentioned nomination, a film, Leyli Kojâst, was also directed by Mohammad Shirvâni based on Darvishi’s life.